I am a child of former grassroots leaders and have interacted with various top civil servants and politicians in my personal and professional life. My thoughts are that Mr Lui's behaviour may just be indicative of an entrenched mindset within the PAP/senior Singapore civil servants, ie who are we to question them? We must be respectful and grateful to them. Many years ago, when I was a high flying graduate student in a famous US university with a track record of having worked under a foremost banker who was a longterm adviser to the government, I was invited to meet with a certain heavyweight minister together with my fellow Singaporeans schoolmates. A Singaporean schoolmate (who was also on a scholarship from the Singapore Government and had worked in director level appointments in a key Singaporean organisation) was in charge of gathering the other Singaporeans. I noted ...